dub3
dub3's pixel tribute to BASE in 2004: a Web 2.0-era search engine
Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 2004 page

dub3 card · www.base-search.net

BASE (2004)

Indexed before you were looking.

Cost
2 RAM
Power
3
Rarity
Common
Family
Search
Era
Web 2.0 (2003 to 2008)

What it does

On reveal: +2 Power to a random card in your hand.

On reveal happens once, when the card flips.

It costs 2 RAM to play and brings 3 Power to its lane. You get 1 RAM in round 1, 2 in round 2, and so on.

Search cards grow with the friends in their lane, and some draw you cards.

The site, in 2004

A search engine for scholarly material, made by Bielefeld University Library in Germany; the name stands for Bielefeld Academic Search Engine.

It gathers records from university repositories and digital libraries through the OAI-PMH standard, then cleans and indexes them so one search covers them all. It runs on open-source software, including Apache Solr and VuFind.

Web 2.0 era, 2003 to 2008. Rounded corners, reflections and drop shadows. Everything was social, and everything was in beta.

The Establishment: Governments, universities, libraries and archives. Very official.

Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 2004 page.

In the game, this pixel page loads the way it did in 2004, then plays a short scene. Want BASE in your deck? Make a free account and open some packs, or try a match first. No sign-up needed for that.